Chapter Seventy-Two: The Fall of Luzhou County
Chen Tong turned his head sideways, looked at the soldiers around him who began to panic, and said in his heart, I also want to know what to do.
Seeing that it was really to regain control of the south gate, Chen Tong's heart sank a little bit, if it goes on like this, when the Xiyu army arrives after dawn, it is inevitable that the county seat of Luzhou will fall.
Ma Yu methodically commanded the soldiers to block the impact of the Qiang Hou army, when the morning sun rose and the sky was bright, Ma Yu looked at the still solid defense line, and his heart was finally able to relax.
Half an hour later, when Xiahou Yan appeared outside the city with a large army, Ma Yu never felt that time was passing so slowly!
Xiahou Yan looked at the county town of Luzhou, planting the Xiyu military flags all over the city, and a smile appeared on his pale face: "The whole army obeys the order, supports General Ma Yu, rush!" ”
"Kill—"
The earth-shattering cry outside the city came from afar, Chen Tong stopped the weapon in his hand, and looked through the crowd towards the south gate.
I saw that the Xiyu army poured into the city along the south gate, and Ma Yu also ordered a counterattack in a timely manner!
The tragic battles unfolded one after another in the streets and alleys of Luzhou County, and the morale of the army was greatly shaken because Helian Xiaoshi moved lightly and led the army out of the city to plan and lose a large number of troops.
Then it was ambushed by Xiyu to seize the south gate, which made the army lose their hearts, and now the Xiyu army has pressed the whole line and stormed into the city, and the Qiang soldiers have long had no desire to fight.
Even if the generals of the various departments cut and killed the deserters one after another, they would not be able to stop the dam from collapsing!
Chen Tong saw that he was powerless to defend, so he could only take hundreds of people to break through the encirclement of Xiyu, and took Helian Xiaoshi to rush out of a bloody road and fight outside the car.
At this time, in Luzhou County, there was blood everywhere, and floating corpses were everywhere!
Due to the lack of generals, the Qiang Hou soldiers were leaderless, and some scattered small-scale resistance could not stop the impact of Xiyu's long-distance drive and killing intent.
Fortunately, Xiahou Yan has always been strict in governing the army, and when he attacked and killed, no one destroyed the houses where the people lived, let alone broke into the door, looted and killed.
However, when the Qiang Hou army was defeated, many people fished in troubled waters and hurt many people in the city!
Fortunately, the soldiers of Xiyu then appeared and stopped many evil deeds, otherwise even if Xiyu broke through the county seat, what he got would be a ruined and ruined city full of resentment.
"Marshal Qiyu, our army has occupied most of the inner city, and the enemy army has begun to rout on a large scale, and we ......"
The soldiers who came to report the military situation suddenly found that the figure in front of them flickered, and they naturally looked up, only to find that Xiahou Yan, whose face was already very ugly, had fallen to the ground.
"Marshal, marshal!!"
The herald shouted in surprise, attracting several nearby generals to come over, and when he saw Xiahou Yan fainting to the ground, his face changed wildly, and he raised his feet and ran this way.
Later, Yutai also heard the inquiry and arrived, which stabilized the situation a little.
Suppressing the news and escorting Xiahou Yan to a rich and noble family, Yutai ordered someone to find a doctor in the city and hurriedly treated Xiahou Yan.
Half an hour later, the doctor came out of the house: "Oh, you guys are really, that general received such a serious injury, why did he let him go into battle in person, fatigue and injuries for days and days, this person, this person is only afraid of ......"
Yutai grabbed the doctor's collar: "Don't talk nonsense about the mourning star, save people, you can't save it, your whole family will die!" ”
"I, I ......" The doctor was so frightened by Yutai's appearance and cruel words that he didn't know what to do after saying a few words in a row.
The doctor hurriedly returned to the house and tried his best to treat the Xiahou banquet.
The news of Xiahou Yan's coma was pressed by Yutai, and Peng Hantao, Ma Yu and other generals still led people to storm Luzhou County, and made every effort to clear the remnants of the Qiang Hou army in the city.
It was almost noon before the city gradually settled down, and Xiyu finally captured the county seat of Luzhou, and basically encircled and captured the remaining Qianghou defeated army in the city.
Chen Tong fled all the way with Helian Xiaoshi, and did not stop for a break until a small city on the edge of Luzhou.
"Has the county been captured?" Helian Xiaoshi had woken up at this moment, and he was weak in the carriage to ask questions.
Chen Tong lifted the curtain of the car: "I came back from the summons just now, and the county town has fallen." ”
"......" Helian Xiaoshi closed his eyes with a complicated expression, and never said a word again.
It wasn't until Chen Tongan led the army into the small city and arranged everything that Helian Xiaoshi asked Chen Tong to come and see him.
"I am no longer able to command, although the county seat of Luzhou has fallen, there are still tens of thousands of troops available, and there are still 'Shiqiao City' and 'Plastic City' to defend." When Helian Xiaoshi said this, he paused slightly, took a few breaths, and said: "You can stick to these two places, wait for reinforcements in the rear, and then try to counterattack!" ”
Chen Tong didn't speak immediately when he heard this, but sat on the low stool next to the bed and pondered for a moment before speaking: "Dividing troops to stick to two cities is not realistic for us now, so we can only abandon one more city and gather troops to stick to the 'plastic city' to hope to hold on until the arrival of reinforcements!" ”
Helian Xiaoshi thought about it, and sighed helplessly, which could be regarded as acquiescing to Chen Tong's proposal.
In the following days, the Qiang Hou army moved frequently, and the defenders of 'Shiqiao City' abandoned the city and moved to 'Plastic City' to garrison.
Chen Tong took advantage of the fact that before the war began, he cut down a large number of trees from outside the city and collected rocks, which were used for fortification.
After the Xiyu army occupied the county seat of Luzhou, because Xiahou Yan was seriously injured and unconscious, he had no intention of continuing to use troops, so Xiyu and Qianghou both sides temporarily guarded one place, and there was nothing to do.
In the captured county town of Luzhou, the people have been under the control of the Qiang Hou army for a long time, and they are deeply hostile to Xiyu.
Although due to the strength of the Xiyu army, the people did not dare to do anything because of fear, but they were tired of resisting the Xiyu people from the bottom of their hearts.
"Report, there is a military report from 'Huguan'!" The herald entered the account and made a report.
Yu Tai and Peng Hantao were in charge of military affairs at this time, and after reading the military report, they were happy and worried!
Peng Hantao pursed his lips and took a few steps back and forth: "Let's tell the truth, if you hide it, I'm afraid that Ma Yu will hate you and me in the future!" ”
Yutai sighed in his heart, but he could only nod helplessly.
asked people to invite Ma Yu, and the two of them told Ma Yu about the situation in the general's report, and it was indeed good news that Huguan had endured all the hardships and persevered.
But Ma Yuexi's death in this battle was also something that Yutai and others never expected.
After Ma Yu learned the news, he didn't make a fuss, but took a few deep breaths to calm down the chaotic mood, and left a sentence to see Min Hanzhi, and then went to deal with military affairs.
So a letter of dispatch to transfer Min Scarlet Han back was sent to the 'Huguan' on the same day!
With the dispatch order sent to Min Feihan's hands, there was also a Xiahou banquet just in case, for fear that Min Feihan would lose his strength in guarding the 'Huguan', and the more than 1,000 troops left as the back hand were sent to Min Feihan's hands together.
Looking at the two captains who came with the troops, Min Feihan asked the reason suspiciously, and then knew why there were replacement defenders arriving so quickly.
Especially thinking of Xiahou Yan, the annoying person, would think so much about himself, Min Feihan's heart was a little warm, and he was a little annoyed, since there were more than 1,000 people, why didn't he just hand it over to himself in the first place, and he took these more than 3,000 people to confront 20,000 enemy troops for so long!
"What else does Marshal Xiahou have to explain?" Min Feihan put away the order and asked casually.
originally thought that with Xiahou Yan's virtue, he would be able to transfer himself back to another assignment, and he would not let himself go back to rest so kindly.
"Back to my lord, marshal him...... Seriously injured, he has been in a coma for several days, and he has not woken up! The herald said.
Min Feihan was stunned when he heard this, and his heart jumped suddenly, as if he had been slapped in the chest: "What do you say, how could he be injured as a marshal?" ”
The herald briefly told him what he knew, and Min Feihan was really angry and brainy after hearing it.
"This stupid boundless person, the commander of the first army, stays in the rear to command, just charge into battle alone, and rush forward like that, really, really self-inflicted!"
After all, the look on Min Feihan's face was completely different.
Qiu Shun and Teng Di happened to be present, and although they were shocked to hear that Xiahou Yan was injured and unconscious, when they saw the hatred and pain on Min Feihan's face, and the look of anxiety and worry, they were even more puzzled!
Could it be that the rumors in the army were true before, between the marshal and Min Hanzhi......
Fortunately, Qiu Shun and Teng Di didn't ask about this idea, otherwise they would probably be killed by Min Feihan on the spot!
"Got it!" Min Feihan waved the herald back.
It took half a day for Min Feihan to hand over the military affairs of 'Huguan' to the two generals who came to take over, and without waiting for the next day, he immediately led the remaining cavalry battalion to Luzhou County!
A few days later.
"Hanzhi, I didn't expect you to arrive so soon!" As soon as Yutai heard that Min Feihan led the army into the city, he hurriedly asked people to invite him to the city lord's mansion in the county town.
It happened that several main generals were also there, and Min Feihan sat down in the back after seeing the salute one by one.
Seeing Min Feihan, Ma Yu stared at her for a while, suppressed the sorrow and doubts in his heart, and asked Ma Yuexi about his death later.
"I saw chaos in the city when I came, but what happened?"
As soon as Min Feihan entered the city today, he saw that the Xiyu soldiers were taking people all over the street, and many people were fighting with the Xiyu soldiers in the streets, and they really made trouble for a long time.
Peng Hantao frowned and said, "It's not some profiteers who deliberately raise the price of grain. ”
Min Fei said in a cold heart, even if this is the case, there should be no conflict with the local people, wouldn't this ruin the reputation of Xiyu, and once it spreads, in the future, all parts of the country will be afraid of Xiyu's reputation and swear to resist.
Yutai saw that Min Feihan was thoughtful, so he asked tentatively: "The local merchants saw that our army was short of grain recently, and we sent people to discuss the purchase of grain, they deliberately raised the price of grain, and after finding out the truth, they slandered and did not admit it, so I asked people to go and get people."
I wanted to catch a few principals to be questioned, but I didn't want them to take advantage of the people and deliberately confront our army in the streets, this is ......"
Without waiting for Yutai to continue, Min Feihan could also guess a rough idea.
But she really didn't think that there was any benefit to this kind of confrontation with the people on the street, so she thought about it: "I think, I heard that when the Qiang Hou army was stationed in this city before, there were many evil deeds, as if I heard that when we captured this city before, the enemy army still had many people who took advantage of the chaos to loot.
Rather than letting people take advantage of the people's hatred of our army to embarrass us, wouldn't it be better to win the hearts of the people here and let the people be completely used by us? Besides, those people seem to be confused, but in fact, who is bad and who is good, they understand! ”
"Hanyuki, what do you have in mind? We who can only fight wars can't do this kind of convincing thing! Peng Hantao heard something, so he asked anxiously.